Next, we drove to the Boston Harbor to have a picnic lunch and some of us walked to Starbucks. We then had a tour of the Boston Tea Party Museum and got to pretend to be people from the time period. Mark and Owen even had a few lines in the reenactment of Town Meeting which they presented very excitedly. We went on a replica boat and threw boxes of tea overboard to act like the Sons of Liberty. The museum portion of the tour had some interesting visuals including talking paintings, holograms and a video about the start of the Revolutionary War. We all agreed that the whole tour really immersed us in the past, and we were able to experience the Boston Tea Party is a new, original way. And we say "huzzah!" to that!
We then quickly walked, AKA "Jonwalked", to The Old North Church and had a tour following in Paul Revere's footsteps to the bell tower and learning about how the Steeple had fallen twice before. We then walked down the steep spiral staircases to the Crypt and saw the old tombs that had been surrounded by brick to keep the spirits inside. Our tour guide then led us outside to share a possible ghost story about someone in his group who supposedly saw a little boy with injuries on his face while they were walking through the tomb. The tour guide then consulted his coworkers and apparently there actually was a little boy who was buried in the crypt who was involved in a wheelbarrow accident. So is the crypt haunted? We might never know for sure. We then walked around the inside of the church, where supposedly the most realistic bust of George Washington is located.
The day ended with card games, baked potatoes, and a movie night. It's hard to believe that the trip is halfway over. It seems the first few days flew by! Each day is bustling with equal parts hard work and good times. With two days left, we are all excited to see where else this trip will, and where else we will see God's work!
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